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Christopher Eames
You’ve Heard Israel’s Version of the Exodus. Have You Heard Egypt’s?
An oft overlooked Egyptian historical testimony is a convoluted tale rife with propaganda and anti-Semitism—but it’s also an admission of the Exodus account.
By
Christopher Eames
• April 10, 2022
New Discovery: Jerusalem Elites Were Imbibing on Vanilla-Laced Wine Before City’s Fall
Evidence of wine-soaked opulence in the city’s final moments—just as the Prophet Jeremiah described
By
Christopher Eames
• March 30, 2022
Mt. Ebal Curse Inscription Contains Two Names of God—YHW and El
An additional detail drops in our interview with the amulet’s excavator, Dr. Stripling, as we await the final report.
By
Christopher Eames
• March 28, 2022
BREAKING NEWS: Ancient Hebrew ‘Curse Tablet’ Discovered at Joshua’s Altar on Mt. Ebal
A revolutionary artifact with several lines of text ‘centuries older than any known Hebrew inscription from Israel’—and paralleling several scriptures regarding Israel’s entry into Canaan
By
Christopher Eames
• March 24, 2022
The Dead Sea Scrolls Don’t Include the Book of Esther—or Do They?
The one biblical book suspiciously missing from this massive corpus of scriptural manuscripts—or is it?
By
Christopher Eames
• March 17, 2022
King Baalis: First Evidence of a Biblical Ammonite Ruler
And the man who had Judah’s first governor assassinated
By
Christopher Eames
• March 7, 2022
Searching for Egypt in Israel
Did Moses really write the Torah? Or was it written by Jewish authors centuries, if not a millennium, later?
By
Christopher Eames
Egypt, Gold Tongues and the ‘Sin of Achan’
Recent discoveries in Egypt shine light on what appears to be a remarkable parallel.
By
Christopher Eames
Are ‘Philistines’ During Abraham’s Time Evidence Against Bible Historicity?
Far from it—hidden biblical insight into the early Philistines reveals remarkable corroboration to the historical picture.
By
Christopher Eames
• February 24, 2022
‘Judges’-Period Israel a Hub of Mediterranean Trade, Lead Ingots Reveal
A shipwreck discovery off Israel’s coast reveals an ancient connection with Cyprus and Sardinia.
By
Christopher Eames
• February 20, 2022
Valentine’s Day—in the Hebrew Bible?
It’s a peculiar ‘love fest’ numbered among the ‘Christian’ holidays. But its real origin is much earlier than the third-century ‘St. Valentine.’
By
Christopher Eames
• February 10, 2022
Jerusalem Archaeology, Muslim History and the Mazar Excavations
Archaeology in Jerusalem is often unfairly demonized by agenda-driven journalists as the work of ‘Zionists’ in opposition to Palestinians. This could not be further from the truth—as the Mazar excavations in particular attest.
By
Christopher Eames
• January 27, 2022
Was This Where the Ark of the Covenant Sat?
Archaeologists uncover a ritual table stone, with peculiar parallels to the biblical account of the lost ark.
By
Christopher Eames
• January 23, 2022
Evidence of Moses’s ‘Conquest of Ethiopia’?
A lesser-known story of the famous biblical personality—and some fascinating evidence behind it
By
Christopher Eames
• January 9, 2022
Top Discoveries of 2021 Held as Evidence Against the Bible—Except They’re Not
An overview of 2021’s most egregious (and occasionally hilarious) claims of archaeology ‘disproving’ the Bible
By
Christopher Eames
• January 2, 2022
Is the Book of Jonah ‘Entirely Ahistorical’?
Gratuitous torture, dimensions, animals, plants and period-specific impotence—all a remarkably accurate depiction of the infamous ‘bloody city’ in the book of Jonah.
By
Christopher Eames
Rethinking the Search for King Solomon
Are we using the right metrics to judge the United Monarchy?
By
Christopher Eames
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Brad Macdonald
Egyptologists Uncover Literal ‘Tongues of Gold’—With a Peculiar Biblical Link?
Gold tongues for the Egyptian afterlife—and the ‘sin of Achan’
By
Christopher Eames
• December 29, 2021
Thera Eruption and the Fall of the Minoans: Mentioned in the Bible?
Biblical clues into the fate of early Crete
By
Christopher Eames
• December 28, 2021
Twin Treasure-Laden Shipwrecks Discovered Outside the Ancient Port of Caesarea
Roman- and Mamluk-era shipwrecks yield fascinating finds.
By
Christopher Eames
• December 22, 2021
Jehoiakim, Tattooed King of Judah?
And other peculiarities about this unusual king of ‘abominations’
By
Christopher Eames
• December 9, 2021
The Origins of the Alphabet
How the ancient alphabet of the Israelites came to be used by nearly 70 percent of the world’s population
By
Christopher Eames
• November 30, 2021
Stamp of Rebellion: Rare Silver Jewish Revolt Coin Discovered (by an 11-Year-Old)
A special coin (produced at the temple itself?) found by a young sifting project volunteer
By
Christopher Eames
• November 28, 2021
The Biblical Figure Behind Our Word ‘Volcano’
A peculiar antediluvian individual we unwittingly reference in everyday language
By
Christopher Eames
• November 27, 2021
Finding Evidence of Noah’s Ark—In a Single Chinese Word
Sometimes the problem with looking for something is that we can’t see the forest for the trees.
By
Christopher Eames
• November 23, 2021
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